Publication

2018-08-17 - SBL Press

Language

English

Word Count

72,500 words, Guess

Page Count

290 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100884143198
  • ISBN-139780884143192
  • OCLC Control Number1033641539
  • Better World Books9780884143192
  • Open LibraryOL27366393M

Classifications

  • LCCMLCM 2021/43426 (BM)
  • LCCBM653 .M38 2018

Description

In Invention of the first-century synagogue, Lidia D. Matassa critically reevaluates the scholarship surrounding the identification of first-century synagogues at five key sites: Delos, Jericho, Herodium, Masada, and Gamla. These sites are consistently used in modern scholarship as comparators for all other early synagogues. Matassa reviews the scholarly discourse concerning each site, inspects each site, and examines the excavation reports in conjunction with a thorough analysis of the literary and epigraphic evidence. She uncovers misunderstandings of the site remains by previous scholars and concludes that excavators incorrectly identified synagogues at Delos, Jericho, Masada, and Herodium. After a clear review of the material evidence, Matassa concludes that the identification of a synagogue at Gamla may be correct.--Back cover.

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